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Peanut Cookies
Peanut Cookies is a modern British recipe for a classic American-style cookie (biscuit) made with peanuts, flour, peanut butter, and icing sugar. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic British version of: Peanut Cookies.
prep time
35 minutes
cook time
12 minutes
Total Time:
47 minutes
Makes:
20
Rating: 
Tags : Baking RecipesBritish Recipes
Short and sweet, this recipe proves that even simple bakes can pack in flavour. Roasting the peanuts before mixing the biscuit dough triggers the Maillard reaction to open a Pandora’s box of grassy, meaty and rich deliciousness.
Ingredients:
255g blanched peanuts
255g plain flour
pinch of salt
65g icing sugar, sifted
170ml peanut or groundnut oil
200g smooth or coarse peanut butter, according to preference
Method:
Pre-heat your oven to 190°C (170°C fan/375°F/Gas Mark 5).
Spread out the peanuts over a baking tray, transfer to the centre of your pre-heated and roast them for about 10 minutes, until they are fragrant and starting to brown. Remove from the oven, turn out onto a plate and set them aside to cool completely.
Tip the cooled peanuts into the bowl of a food processor and blitz them to a medium or fine-ground consistency, according to preference, then set them aside.
Combine the ground peanuts, flour, salt and icing sugar to the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a beater. Mix on low speed to combine, then add the oil, mixing until just blended.
Divide the dough into 60 equal pieces (each about 12g). Roll each piece between your hands to form a ball then flatten between your palms. Arrange on lightly greased baking trays, spacing them sufficiently apart so they have space to spread. Use the cocktail stick to score lines horizontally and vertically over the surface of each shaped dough. Repeat for all the dough pieces.
Bake the cookies for 11–12 minutes, or until brown at the bottom and around the edges, then leave them to cool on the trays.
